AFC North News and Rumors

The Chicago Bears have done some roster churning on Tuesday, a day after placing starting guard Lance Louis on injured reserve. Louis will be replaced by veteran lineman Andre Gurode. He spent nine years with the Cowboys and one with the Ravens, starti…

Team needs another win against Pittsburgh and a Bengals loss to lock up division titleSunday's second showdown against the rival Pittsburgh Steelers could also bring the Ravens their second AFC North title in as many years.

With 12,000 tickets unsold, another blackout looms in San Diego

The San Diego Chargers are once again likely to be blacked out on local television on Sunday. The team announced that 12,000 tickets are unsold for Sunday’s game against the Bengals, making it a near certainty that the game will be blacked out. Although

Kerry J. Byrne: Steelers coughed up a gift in Week 12, but Browns almost blew it

AFC North quarterback report card

A look at how the quarterbacks around the division fared in Week 11: Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals Stats: 16-for-30 (53.3 percent) for 210 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Comment: Dalton has put together three strong performances in a ro…

Playoff implications for this weekend's gamesAs the Ravens (9-2) prepare for Sunday's AFC North contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium, the game holds immediate playoff implications.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he’d “leave the door open” for a return by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, but Charlie Batch is expected to start again this week. A source told Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he’d be “shocked” if Ro

You’ve heard the chatter by the sports pundits and on the talk shows. Heck, you might even have heard it here. So, are the knee-jerk reactions about your team based in reality? Our NFL bloggers weigh in.

AFC North Game Balls: Week 12

We're handing out game balls after Week 12 and this is who's getting them: OFFENSE: Ray Rice, Ravens. He single-handedly kept the Ravens alive in San Diego where he converted a fourth-and-29 by running for 28 1/2 yards after a short pass. It was more th…

Ryan Clark: You lose one game and the sky is falling

The Steelers have lost two straight games, dropping their record to 6-5 and giving rise to plenty of thoughts that their season will end without a playoff berth. As of now, though, the Steelers still hold one of the two Wild Card spots in the AFC and ve…

One positive from Steelers' eight turnovers

It's a rare occurrence for the Pittsburgh Steelers to turn the ball over eight times. It hasn't happened in 23 years. How long ago is that? None of the Steelers running backs who fumbled Sunday were even in grade school in 1989. But here's another remar…

Mike Holmgren is leaving the Browns. David DeCastro is back on the Steelers' active roster. And there's a chance that Ray Lewis could return to practice Thursday. Just another quiet start to the week in the AFC North. Read all about it in your wake-up c…

Giants get pre-game boost from Make-A-Wish kid

Coming off two less-than-stellar performances in losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals, the New York Giants probably didn’t need too much extra motivation to get prepared for a prime-time match up against the Green Bay Packers on Sund

Don Banks: Opinions still split on Kaepernick move, but history backs Harb…

Nov 27

Even when it feels like something entirely new has come along in the NFL -- like the head coach of a leading Super Bowl contender making a late-season starting quarterback change -- it's usually not all that novel. Not entirely.

Jim Trotter: Awards Watch: Week 12

Nov 27

The pulse of the NFL season changes weekly. Every Tuesday, SI.com will break down the front-runners for the major NFL awards.